Saturday, February 16, 2008

They’re here! All 116 strong, and one of the most fantastic collections of creative and generous recipes I could ever be privileged to organize. Thank you all for your incredible participation. [Please contact me with any omissions or errors; I will correct them straight away.] The recipes have been generally categorized into sequential, typical courses, keeping in mind, though, that one person’s side dish may be another’s entrée. Heck, I’ve been known to make an entire meal out of appetizers alone.

I hope you find the arrangement helpful, but in navigating the various groupings, you will surely discover some amazing ideas and techniques not currently on your radar screens. Every single recipe is an avenue of delicious delight.

And for those pondering legumes’ natural proclivity to produce tummy complaints, here are some invaluable tips to include this important food group more often into our diets without too much grumbling.

Given how popular an event My Legume Love Affair has turned out to be, I will be running Volume II at some point in the spring. If the response to the next event proves as dramatic as this one, there is a possibility that I will run it on a monthly basis and include other food bloggers as guest hosts. These are decisions yet to be made with no particular timetable in mind. For now, let’s live and eat in the present!

STARTERS, LIGHT MEALS, SNACKSAND CONDIMENTS

Freshly baked "piadine" is just the excuse to scrape upeverylast dollop of creamy cannellini.

67 comments:

This is an amazing collection of legume recipes, and so many that I want to try. You really stirred people with this event Susan, and I definitely think you should continue on with it - legumes are so good for us and most of us don't eat nearly enough. Kudos for your good idea, and kudos for all the effort you put into organizing the lovely round up.

So many amazing recipes, so many different legume trails to follow, but, my friend, I think you may need a holiday after such an enormous effort! So much work...so much delicious work. Thrilled by both the popularity of the event and the quality and variety of courses on offer.

Should you need a guest host at any point, you know where to find me...

what a wonderful event and a wonderful round-up - an overwhelmingly fantastic resource of bean recipes - it will take me a while to browse through all the ones I want to look up but I am looking forward to it. Thanks!

I hope I can look forward to another bean event when you recover from doing this huge round-up :-)

I can't believe how many amazing entries you received. Thank you so much for what must have been hours of hard work. I'm already planning to sprout some lentils after going through all these inspirational dishes...

Susan, when I didn't see the round-up for longer than I expected, I began to wonder if you were okay. I never guessed you got that many entries - that's a thumping success. And like before, it's really nice of you to give a personalised commentary for each dish. Thanks so much for this.

Susan!...that was indeed a terrific round up!it was so nice to see so many healthy recipes in one array! i know i have to go through this post more that once to digest it fully:)enjoyed reading the apt captions you always come up with....congratulations:)as you said , legume love affair will take you a long way...looking forward to more such fabulous events:)

Wow! I mean WOW! I was scrolling and scrolling, and it seemed like there was no end to the list of wonderful dishes, each more tempting than the other. Hats off to you as well as the contributors for the round-up.

Susan, you need a vacation after all that round-up work. I can't believe the amount of entries - and wonderful ones at that! You can make a cookbook out of this round-up alone. Great work and amazing participants.

Seriously: What an unbelievable bounty. I could do nothing but peruse the dishes in this roundup for the rest of my life! I love the way you categorized the dishes; that's great. And I like seeing where everyone is from; that's a nice touch, too. Thank you for your wonderful idea and the fabulous, mind-boggling roundup!

Congratulations Susan, this is definitely the gathering of the most beautiful and fabulous vegetable dishes i ever laid my eyes :-)!! thanks for hosting i will bookmark this round up for my hubby..for someone who doesnt love veggies im sure this will make him change his mind :-) congratulations once again you are a real cupid for this legume love affair!!

Susan ~ The time and love you have taken to organise and describe every entry shines through this incredible round-up. The tantalising flavors on display here prove that lentils are increibl healthy and lend to so many flavours and textures. I love that recipes are interspersed throughout the round-up - a great touch. And I hope there is another event - you seem to have answered a call.

Susan, thanks sooooo much for putting this together!!!! It's amazing... sooooo good♥. All recipes look fantastic and they are all different, aren't they? Did anybody repeat the very same recipe?I still haven't gone through all of them, but I plan to do that little by little.Thanks again, Susan! Great Event!!!

Susen, huge kudos and gratitude to you for such an incredible event! Not only is it a great, inspiring theme, but your roundup is amazing! I love how your organized the recipes! I'm in heaven reading about them all... Thank you, thank you!

What an awesome roundup Susan! Thanks for all the effort! I'm amazed at how many lentil dishes out there - things i have not tried! Now i know where i'll come when i want to try something with legumes :-) Take it easy!

Dear All – Thank you for participating in the first “My Legume Love Affair.” Your generosity, creative cooking and good will shine through every recipe that graces this event….

Simona – Thanks. I love the idea of apricots with beans.--Laurie – So many I want to try, too.--You’re welcome, Sia. "One-stop shop," I like that. ; )--Hi, Helen. I needed a big plate of beans to keep my energy going.--Hi, Meg. Thank you. And thanks for purchasing my husband’s book. It is moving up the charts now.--Dear Vaishali – Thank you. --Heather – LOL! Clutching your pearls.--Lucy – I’m having my holiday right now, but ready to post something new shortly. You’ll be the first guest host on the list if you really want the duties.--Hi, Mansi. – I was continually amazed by the magnitude and diversity of recipes.--Lori Lynn – I’m so glad you are enjoying it and contributed to its success.--Thank you, dear Nupur. I’d like to paraphrase that beef slogan some years back: “Beans, they’re what’s for dinner.” : D--Thanks, Nora. You now live in Sydney. It’s official. ; )--“Recover” is the operative word, here, Johanna. I’m fine now that I vegged for a bit.--Allergy Mom – Oh, yeah, it was hours, and hours, and hours….but a lot of fun, too.--Thanks, Bee.--Thank you, Coco. I’m proud of every recipe featured.--Ricki – 116 is much more than I could have anticipated. I knew it would be a successful event, but….--Baking History – I’ve discovered many new blogs, too.--TBC – Thanks. Glad you have enjoyed it.--Thank you, Anali. --Emiline – I was impressed by the turnout, too, and I DID get through them all, several times, as a matter of fact! ; )--No, Sra, I wasn’t lying in a gutter somewhere, but there really wasn’t any free time to even report on an update of the progress I was making. I did make my deadline, though, for week of Feb 10…just.--Ann – Let’s get out our hula hoops! --Thanks, Siri. I hear you!--Nanditha – Thanks, dear. You must come back; you would have to. ; ) You might miss that one new recipe that will become a perennial favorite of yours.--Thank you, Padma. Wiki…I am more than flattered. : )--ET – Thank you. It did feel endless sometimes; it’s a great bounty.--Jeni – My vacation is just about over now. It’s taking me a week to answer all these sweet comments, a week to address all the other things that I sidelined while focusing on the round-up. Whew!--Lisa – Thanks. “Monsters are such interesting people…” : D--Toni – How did I do it? I went into hiding. Every spare moment was taken up with reading and organizing. It was time well spent, but a lot happened in the world while I was “gone.” ; )--Thank you, Dhanggit. Aren’t they something? I keep looking back at the recipes, trying to decide which I will make next. They really are all spectacular.--That you did, Asha! Thanks for the tip on angelica!--Thanks, Kevin.--Thanks, Shn! It was time and effort well spent.--Welcome, Suchmaschinenopimierung. Glad you like it. Thanks for the kudos.--Shaun – Thank you. It truly was a labor of love. There will be another event, but during late U.S. spring. I’ve a feeling there will be another huge haul of extraordinary recipes for all of us to enjoy.--Thanks, Susan. I don’t think anyone could walk away from this round-up and not feel well fed.--Valli – There is definitely something for everyone in this group w/ emphasis on healthy eating.--Thank you, Superchef!--Lisa – This round-up is alpha and omega…Thanks!--Hi, Nuria. Yes, every single recipe has the unique signature of the cook who created it. I’m very proud to have had the opportunity to present a very diverse rouond-up.--Thanks, Tanna. Maybe next time.--Thank you, Astra. I did want to create a round-up you’d want to linger over. Glad you like it.--Thanks, Jack. There could be heard the dim chords of “The Volga Boatmen” in the distance sometimes. ; )--Thank you, Mandira. Beans are remarkably adaptive to all kinds of recipes. Amazing.--Thanks, Ricki. But, of course, I would include you. : )--Suganya -- The recipes are amazing, and you will certainly need to take your time. You have the luxury of no deadlines for this one. ; )--Welcome, Joanna! Thanks for the kind words and mention. I’ll be visiting your blog very soon. Good to see you here.--Thanks, Richa. I’m still stunned myself. At this point, I know each recipe by heart, yet when I scroll through them now, I am amazed all over again.--Thank you, Christina. --Thanks, Masala Magic. I have a feeling there are many more recipes where these came from.

Thanks so much for this! I'm beyond happy to see that someone else enjoys legumes as much as I do. Not only that, but several of the recipes I found in Legume Love Affair have become staples in my repertoire. I'd love to be able to contribute... but what to send? What to send? Hmmmm..... lol

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